Pakistan (148/5) defeat Afghanistan (147/6) by 5 wickets after another late blitz by Asif Ali

[imshally81]

Over excited Afghanz fielders..

 

[Kianig89]

Direct hit AFG this is deorand derby

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Nabi is ice cool !

Nabi and Rashid are mentally tough cookies. Pakistan will need to show some intelligence to keep on top. The pressure should still be on Afghan bowlers with only 60 odd runs to play with.

 

[Amjid Javed]

looking clueless vs Rashid still..

 

[Rana]

Hafeez is scaring me so much

 

[Nasty Naz]

Hafeez should look to attack Rashid to be honest. Put him under pressure.

They have plenty of wickets in hand as well.

 

[Kianig89]

2nd slip for :4

 

[oatmeal]

He was comfortably in

 

[silentkiller187]

Edge 4 more

 

[Inswing]

FOUR. But babar didn't picked him up.

 

[imshally81]

Edged n another boundary...

 

[Kianig89]

59 from 42 with 8 wkts 79 out of 80 times you win

 

[Nasty Naz]

Edge and a four. Pakistan really struggling to pick him.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Iirc Rashid's Googly to Leg spin/top spin ratio is 1:1

 

[imshally81]

8 runs in Rashid over

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

I know Rashid is a top bowler, but Pakistan are really poor against spin bowlers.

 

[Amjid Javed]

babar is such a poor player of quality spinners.

 

[Inswing]

Thats great nabi last over too.

 

[silentkiller187]

Need to target this last nabi over get a couple of boundaries

 

[emranabbas]

Hopefully a 50 from Babar zaman

 

[Inswing]

FREE HIT Need a six please

 

[silentkiller187]

Free hit

 

[silentkiller187]

Very harsh again

 

[Kianig89]

Freebies wasted

 

[silentkiller187]

Pak getting frustrated but need to calm down very much on top

 

[Kianig89]

Adil Rashid Adam Zampa licking their lips should Pakistan progress

 

[oatmeal]

Some of the crowd thought it was out

 

[Kianig89]

51 from 36 99 8 wkts 99 out 100 times you win

 

[Inswing]

We are very much on top. Rashid have only 2 overs left and there pacers arent starc or shaheen.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

babar is such a poor player of quality spinners.

So is Fakhar. He can slog the bad ones though.

 

[Amjid Javed]

15 run over need to release pressure here.

 

[oatmeal]

Barring any serious brainfade, this game is over

 

[Rana]

Rashid has bowled 95% bowls as a googly

Just play him as an off-spinner

 

[Kianig89]

We can't play quality spin

 

[Amjid Javed]

So is Fakhar. He can slog the bad ones though.

i said this before the match and at start of inns. Both are clueless.

 

[Inswing]

Hafeez brainfade :/

 

[silentkiller187]

Hafeez gone

 

[ARK Rafay]

Hafeez's bad form continues

 

[Kianig89]

Hafeez thr gold man couldn't time it

 

[Rana]

Pressure back on

 

[imshally81]

Out

 

[Nasty Naz]

Hafeez fails again.

 

[Inswing]

Malik and babar should play till the end.

 

[Rana]

Another googly

 

[Kianig89]

This was not needed

 

[ARK Rafay]

Game open for Afghanistan. This is the moment they can cash in with new batter Malik against Rashid.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

This is failure 101. None of these guys look like they fancy it much.

 

[IMMY69]

No pressure

Just see out Rashid

 

[RexRex]

Pakistan are wilting under pressure.

 

[Kianig89]

Pakistan's game to lose

 

[castortroy]

Pak middle order is awful

 

[Inswing]

We had it under control shouldnt have to play this shot.

 

[oatmeal]

Prof Gone.

 

[Anwar_194]

Goes to show how garbage our middle order is.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Hafeez did not need to go after Rashid. Attack from the other end.

 

[Kianig89]

Ice man Malik

 

[castortroy]

Clueless against Khan

 

[Amjid Javed]

masterclass in how not to play spin here from pakistan.

 

[TeamPak95]

Good lord, Hafeez gone . Alright Malik, show Hafeez how it's done.

 

[Kaddy]

What is the benefit of Hafeez's experience.

Looked lost from the beginning.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Genuine question: Why Afghanistan don't play 5 spinners?

 

[sharmaji]

Rashid is a superstar! Every ball bowled by him looks threatening.

Afg missed a trick by not getting him in sooner. Babar is well-set and should take Pak to victory.

Teams that will Afg next (Ind, NZ) should be worried about Rashid.

 

[mrtaim3]

I think our batsman overrated Rashid and Mujeeb too much. Rashid has bowled googly majorly

 

[iRfaN_LA]

51 from 36 balls with things under control and senior pro plays a dud shot. Not good from Hafeez.

 

[Kianig89]

Legs shaking

 

[Inswing]

Fazool mein match phasa diya.

 

[TeamPak95]

Babar 47 off 42. He needs to be there to the very end. Getting out now would be a huge waste.

 

[Kianig89]

100 up

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Rashid is bowling excellent. He has the variety a T20 bowler needs.

 

[Kianig89]

Rare loose deliveries from Rashid

 

[Nasty Naz]

Man I feel like Babar has missed a few usual boundary shots. Timing not fully there.

 

[silentkiller187]

Let’s be realistic rashid khan is good but seems like our batsmen playing him on merit rather than watching the ball

 

[iRfaN_LA]

easy six missed by Malik.

 

[oatmeal]

They have will have to bring pacers who are below par

 

[imshally81]

Only 1 over of rashid khan is remaining..

 

[Inswing]

4 overs by there pacers. Should target them

 

[reversehook]

put a Afghani jersey on Hassan Ali and give him a over... easy peasy...

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Feel like Malik's cool head might still make the difference.

 

[mrtaim3]

We have wasted too many lose balls. Pakistan came with a mind too see off Mujeeb and Rashid. They didn't take a single chance against both of them. Even on their lose balls. This is a concern

 

[Inswing]

Now we need atleast 2 four.